Originally Posted by Unregistered

You sound like one of those finance hardos. “Prestige” wears off and one day you’ll realise the importance of time freedom and WLB. Culture in BO/MO are typically better as well.

Anw, climbing the ranks in bank ops will still bring you decent money (enough for a car and condo).

Make your own decisions. Operations will stay regardless so I wouldn’t go so far as to say it would ruin a fresh grad prospects. Skills are also transferable to not just firms in FS, but think of all the sister industries (e-commerce, payments, fin tech).